AsiaBSDCon 2010

AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held in Tokyo, in 11-14 March, 2010. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.

Date and Time: 11-14 March 2010

Marketing FAD 2010 (Fedora)

The dates are Saturday, March 13, 2010 – Tuesday, March 16, 2010.
We will be meeting in Raleigh, NC
find out more details on

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_FAD_2010

Date and Time: 13-16 march 2010

Chemnitzer Linuxtage 2010

The Chemnitzer Linux-days are an event for everyone about Linux and open source. The Place is Chemnitz, the CLUG, the Computer Center and the Faculty of computer science at the TU Chemnitz and many volunteers make it happen.

Talks, Demonstrations, Live Workshops, and Projects who present themselves. In addition to many Booth´s of companies and project groups are the major topics to more then 3000 Visitors.

http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/

Date and Time: 13-14 March 2010

Ubuntu Hour, UK, Bracknell

Ubuntu Hour, UK, Bracknell (Europe).

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour

Date and Time: Saturday 13th March, 11am to 12 midday

Linux South Australia user group meet 2

Linux South Australia is an Australian Linux User Group that meet on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 PM with the aim of encouraging anyone and everyone to join and use Linux!  There are presentations, talks, time to socialize, plus there’s even pizza to eat!

See: http://www.linuxsa.org.au/ for more information.

LibrePlanet 2010 free software community conference

The LibrePlanet Conference will be held March 19th-21st in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Harvard University Science Center.

“LibrePlanet 2010 will be a great chance for both new and experienced free software users to learn about the latest developments with the GNU operating system; participate in workshops, presentations, and lightning talks about key free software projects; discuss practical steps in free software advocacy; and collaborate with others at the conference on code and activism,” said FSF’s executive director Peter Brown.

As part of the event, the FSF will also be organizing the first US edition of the GNU Hackers’ Meetings that GNU maintainers and contributors have been hosting in Europe since 2007. Prominent GNU contributors already planning to come to the conference include Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder John Gilmore, Emacs maintainer Chong Yidong, GNU Scientific Library maintainer Brian Gough, and GNU LibreDWG maintainers Felipe Sanches and Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva.

Gilmore will also be giving a keynote speech to the full conference along with FSF president Richard Stallman. Further details about the schedule of presentations will be announced in the coming weeks, and will emphasize a track highlighting women’s participation in free software.

The FSF is expanding the conference this year from two days to three to facilitate the GNU Hackers’ Meeting and to add more time for collaboration on code and free software activism projects among attendees. Speaker proposals for workshops, presentations or lighting talks will be accepted until January 31st.”

Date: 19th March – 21st March 2010

http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/LibrePlanet2010

PG East 2010

Bridging the gap between the builders of the world’s most advanced open source database with those who use it to solve critical business problems.

PG East 2010 will be held March 25-28 in historic Philadelphia, PA.

Registration is now open.

This year promises to be an exciting and groundbreaking conference for the Postgres community. This year’s show is focused on bringing together those who build Postgres with those who use it. In addition to the core technical sessions, trainings, tutorials and labs, we are building on this foundation with case studies and end-user sessions on how organizations are solving real problems using Postgres.

Featured speakers this year include talks by the Federal Aviation Administration, Vonage, Bruce Momjian, Josh Drake, Dave Page and many more.

The educational and social opportunities will be a great way to bring the wider Postgres ecosystem together.

Date: 25th March – 28th March

http://www.enterprisedb.com/community/nav-pg-east-2010.do

March Ubuntu Hour: Hosted by the Ubuntu Ireland LoCo.

The March Irish Ubuntu Hour will take place on Wednesday the 31st of March, 2010. As usual, the location for this Ubuntu Hour will be the Trinity Capital Hotel, Dublin and will start at 18:00 GMT and continue for approximately 3 hours. This is a chance to meet people in the Ubuntu community in Ireland, and have fun. All are welcome. Feel free to drop in at any time during the course of the evening.

Date and Time: Wednesday, 31st of March, 2010. Commencing at 18:00

Screening of “Revolution OS”

The New Jersey Linux User’s group would like to announce the presentation of the film “Revolution OS” at the Darress Theatre in Boonton NJ on Wednesday, March 31st 2010.

Revolution OS is a documentary detailing the roots of the Free Software and Open Source movements that resulted in Linux, as well as many other free software projects.

From the Revolution OS website:

REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement.

On June 1, 2001, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said “Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. “Microsoft fears GNU/Linux, and rightly so. GNU/Linux and the Open Source & Free Software movements arguably represent the greatest threat to Microsoft’s way of life. Shot in cinemascope on 35mm film in Silicon Valley, REVOLUTION OS tracks down the key movers and shakers behind Linux, and finds out how and why Linux became such a potent threat.

REVOLUTION OS features interviews with Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Brian Behlendorf, Michael Tiemann, Larry Augustin, Frank Hecker, and Rob Malda.

The movie will be shown at 7:30 pm with a brief question and answer session afterward.

With the permission of the director, The showing is free of charge, but there will be a collection (amount of your choice) to cover the costs of the theatre. All additional proceeds will be donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Free Software Foundation.

Copies of various GNU/Linux distributions and other free software will be available at no charge after the showing as well.

If you plan on joining us, please RSVP with your name (no need for registration or email). We would like to have a rough idea of attendance. You do not need to RSVP to come. There will be enough room for everyone.

Any questions can be directed to BobM@NJlinux.org

More details can be found at http://njlinux.org/movie

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 31, 2010  @19:30

Ubuntu @ Anime Boston 2010

http://ubuntu-massachusetts.com/events/9/

The Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team in partnership with Linux Fund will be attending the Anime Boston 2010 convention to showcase Ubuntu Linux and other great Free and Open Source software for anime lovers.

Date and Time: April 2-4, 2010